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Old Aug 8, 2013 | 08:13 AM
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Been playing around with finding the perfect position for my Mini apes and think I have finally found the sweet spot. My question is should I know back out on each bolt and lock tight them? And what about a torque wrench or is that just over kill?
 
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I've adjusted mine and didn't use either loctite or a torque wrench!
 
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Lock- tight wouldnt hurt I guess. I was just do the criss-cross tighten technique for sure though. ( top left bolt, bottom right bolt, bottom left bolt, top right bolt.)
 
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